• futatorius@lemm.ee
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    1 day ago

    It also depends on whether your particular border piggie hates your sort of person or not.

    My wife was on a green card when we lived in the US. Whenever we traveled together, no problem. But when she’d enter the US on her own, odds were high that some CPB asshole would harass her. And it didn’t help that she’s not a person who will put up with shit. Once she was held for six hours because they asked her what she’d been doing outside the US.

    “Travel. I visited three European cities with my sister.”

    “Why were you travelling?”

    “It broadens the mind. I recommend it.”

    Now I’m on the UK green-card equivalent (ILR) and all I get from the border agents when I enter is some friendly chit-chat.